BTS’ “Permission To Dance” Music Video Surpasses 600 Million Views..12th Time Overall

The music video for “Permission to Dance,” released on July 9, 2021, surpassed 600 million views on YouTube at 4:21 AM on August 14. This makes BTS the only artist to have 12 music videos with over 600 million views.

“Permission to Dance” is a dance-pop song that sends a message to everyone who has hit a wall in reality and had a tiring day, saying “You can dance freely without permission.” It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States on July 24, 2021.

In addition, this song has obtained the Japan Record Association’s ‘Triple Platinum’ (as of February 2023) certification, given to works with more than 300 million cumulative plays.

The music video for ‘Permission to Dance’ captures the bright and lively atmosphere of the members, dancing happily across various spaces. In particular, in the scene where the seven members dance with the crowd in the second half of the music video, the special performance using international sign language gives a deep resonance.

Meanwhile, BTS has a total of 39 music videos with views in billions, including ‘Permission to Dance’, which has exceeded 600 million views this time. ‘Dynamite’ with 1.7 billion views, ‘Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)’ with 1.6 billion views, ‘DNA’ with 1.5 billion views, ‘MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)’ with 1.3 billion views, 1.2 billion views each ‘IDOL’, ‘FAKE LOVE’, ‘Blood Sweat & Tears’, ‘Butter’ with 900 million views each, ‘Fire’, ‘Dope’ with 700 million views each, ‘Save ME’ with 600 million views each, ‘Permission to Dance’, ‘Not Today’ with over 500 million views, ‘ON’ Kinetic Manifesto Film, ‘Spring Day’, ‘Life Goes On’ with 400 million views each, ‘Boy in Luv’, ‘Black Swan’ with 300 million views each ‘War of Hormone’, ‘ON’, ‘I NEED U’ with 200 million views each, ‘No More Dream’, ‘Dynamite’ (Choreography ver.), ‘Dynamite’ B-side, ‘Only One Day’ with 100 million views each ‘Danger’, ‘We are bulletproof PT.2’, ‘RUN’, ‘Serendipity’.